“I’m Moving Downtown for the Great Parking!”
Said no one ever. “I’m going downtown for the evening to enjoy the great parking!” Said no one . . . well you get the idea. I’ve been struck in the last few days, since my...
Parking in the City
Do Cars Eat Buildings? Ask Whitney Manahan!
I often hear from visitors to our city that Knoxville has done a good job keeping its old building stock. It’s interesting to consider since, for those of us keeping an eye on such matters, it...
Saying “Goodbye” to Pryor Brown Parking Garage
The end of the line appears imminent for Pryor Brown. The struggles to save the building have been well documented and I’ll not add much to that, here. It was just over a year ago that...
Neighborhood Connectivity and a Land Swap for Downtown
A larger vision of the north side of downtown is emerging through each of Just John’s posts. Each part follows the other and works together. Here’s his next piece in re-imagining this part of downtown: We...
A Different Kind of Parking Issue
We’ve talked about parking from every possible angle, right? We’ve covered the damage surface parking lots do to the city. We’ve talked about expansion of parking garages, the construction of parking garages and, recently, the possible...
A Peanut Shop and other Changes of Note
Sometimes I’m the first to break a story about downtown and often others get the scoop. Even when something has been reported elsewhere I often note it here, as well, because I’m not sure my readers...
Parking Garage: Urgent Plea
I’m going another round on this one because I think it is so important. The more I’ve thought about it, the more steamed I get at the various parts of the equation. I’m also bring it...
Parking Garages are a Good Thing, Right?
How many years have we heard “there’s no parking downtown?” It comes up repeatedly anytime the center city is mentioned,mostly by people who don’t frequent the area. Previously we answered the concern replacing buildings with parking...